-----Original Message----- From: Adrian Pfisterer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2002 7:32 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: checking for existence of a database
> I hear what you're saying and I'll modify my code to search on > something else. But the OS shouldn't crash simply upon trying to > look up an non-existent dbid. And we chuckle at Microsoft OS stability. AFAIK, the full file path is the only file identification for MS Windows, and no analogue to LocalID at all! Linux has a file ID, which makes hard links possible. A Linux file ID can be considered as similar to PalmOS LocalID, but again you can get an ID for a file, but you can't use a stored ID for checking the existense of a file. It you want to apply ayour technique to MS Windows: open a file, get the location its directory record, delete a file and try reading the directory record. Any comments ? Again MS Windows is designed for idiots, PalmOS isn't. Cheers, Michael -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
